Eyes on the Prize Questions (Part 1)

Emmett Till -1955 –

1. What part of the country was he from? He was from Chicago the North.

2. Why was he headed south for the summer? He headed south for the summer because to visit some relative.

3. What did Emmett say or do at the store? He said bye to the white girl.

4. Was Emmett charged with a crime? Yes he was charged with a crime.

5. What happened to him? They killed him in the river.

6. Why did his mother choose to leave his casket opened? So everyone could see what they did to her child and the horror.

7. What is your reaction to this incident? This was so injustice it something so terrible how could they let something like that happen.

Little Rock 1957 –

1. What was Gov. Orville Faubus’s problem? Gov. Orville Faubus’s problem was he wanted to be reelected so he turned to segregation.

2. What did he ask the National Guard to do? He asked the National Guard to keep the black kids the out.

3. What happened to Elizabeth Eckford? Elizabeth Eckfordshe had to walk home by herself and there was a mob of white people she had to face the mob by herself.

4. What was Eisenhower forced to do? Eisenhower was forced to send troops the army to little rock to protect the nine kids and maintain peace with the whites.

5. What happened? The army had to protect the nine kids and they need to keep them safe. Only one black kid made it and graduated.

6. What is your opinion of the “Little Rock Nine”?

1 “Little Rock Nine” is something very interesting. The fact of how the white didn’t give up or anything they had a goal for themselves but the black made it.

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1960 – The Sit-Ins

1. Why were the students trained in non-violent tactics? They were planning something. They were not going to get in trouble by this because of the white.

2. What happened in Greensboro, NC? 4 black kids sat in lunch sits for white and didn’t want to get out.

3. What did Lewis; Butler & Nash do in Nashville? Led students to Nashville sit in.

4. How did the store manager respond? He told t hem to move and he wouldn’t serve them food. What happened, what did the police do? They got the police to arrest the blacks

5. What did the local Black community do? Unite in back of students they supported the students.

6. What happened to the students? How much were they fined? They were arrested find 50 dollars.

7. How did the parents fight back? They stopped shopping and held on to pocket book.

8. How did the community respond to the bombing? They marched to Washington

9. What made Ben West change his mind? Nash told him to speak out and asked him questions about how he felt about this discrimination.

10. What did Ella Baker tell the students to do? She told them to remain independent

2 Who Shall Lead?

1. What happened in Albany, GA? They were desegregating

2. What did the students do? See what would happen if you sat where it said only white

3. How many people were jailed? 500

4. Who was invited to help? Martin Luther King

5. How did the police plan for the arrests? They did a 60 mile and told the black to go there only 2 at each police station to protest.

6. How long was King jailed for?

7. How did he get out? The community paid the bail

8. What did King think about the Albany situation?

9. What lessons were learned?

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Birmingham 1963 / March on Washington 1963

1. What words made George Wallace a symbol of southern resistance? Segregation now segregation tomorrow and segregation for ever

3 2. What was Birmingham known for? Segregation

3. What did M.L. King do in Birmingham? What happened? To lead a demonstration and He got arrested

4. What did King do while he was in jail?

He wrote letters from the jail 5. How many children were arrested on Day 1? 700 children arrested

6. How did Bull Connor respond? He brought he police dog

7. How did the federal government respond? They know what Alabama is and they didn’t do anything

8. What did the federal government worry about? About American image

9. What happened when the jails were full?

They had to start to negotiate 10. What was negotiated? Desegregation lunch and hire blacks for work. They wanted Downtown to be desegregated.

11. What did the Klan say? The blacks are not allowed to negotiate with the federal government they would never accept Desegregation. 12. What happened next? They bombed a hotel were king was at. Started to beat the blacks and blacks responded by setting fire

13. How did Kennedy respond? Proposed a new civil act

14. Why didn’t Robert F. Kennedy want the March on Washington?

They were afraid of violence. 15. Why was the White House upset with John Lewis’s speech? Criticize the Kennedy for lack of civil went against president.

16. Did they change it? Why? Yes they allowed them to march

4 17. How did JFK view the March? It was a positive thing for civil rights.

18. What happened in Birmingham 18 days later? Bomb exploded in 16st Baptist church were kids once march and killed 4 little girls.

19. How was the Civil Rights movement affected? They decided to vote

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Power and the Vote

1. What was the view of the nation of Islam and Malcolm X? They need to stand up and speak up fight their own battle

2. Why did the movement go to Mississippi? They need more space

3. What did Medgar Evers organize? Kids to march on street

4. What happened to him? He was killed and shot by a rifle

5. What was the issue in Mississippi? The right to vote

6. What was “Freedom Summer”?

7. How were they received?

8. What happened to Cheney, Schwerner and Goodman?

9. What did LBJ do in 1964?  Why wasn’t it enough?  Why did they form the MFDP (Miss. Freedom Democratic Party)?

5 10. What was the Democratic compromise offer?

11. What was Fannie Lou Hamer’s response to the offer?

Selma 1965

1. Why did they pick Selma, Alabama?

2. What did President Johnson propose?

3. What did Malcolm X have to say?

4. What happened to Jimmy Jackson?

5. What did the SCLC want to do?

6. What happened to the marchers?

7. What did Pres. Johnson do?